Quotes

[Ancient of Years]

Notice how many posts lately start off with a string of [quotes] that are never ended with matching [/quotes]? It makes it really hard to figure out who said what and near impossible to coherently quote.

Just sayin'

[AdHoc]

Notice how many posts lately start off with a string of [quotes] that are never ended with matching [/quotes]? It makes it really hard to figure out who said what and near impossible to coherently quote.

Just sayin'

I'm not sure I follow...

So what's the problem?

[Divine Insight]

I followed a quote till I came to a moat
then stepped in a boat to insure I would float
I crossed the moat on a positive note
and came to a field that was full of wild oat
I knew the journey would be remote
but I was determined to stay devote
so I cleared my throat and screamed "Unquote!"
but all that did was frighten a goat
so I took off my coat and started to gloat
cause I knew what I wrote was the antidote

[Ancient of Years]

Notice how many posts lately start off with a string of [quotes] that are never ended with matching [/quotes]? It makes it really hard to figure out who said what and near impossible to coherently quote.

Just sayin'

I'm not sure I follow...

So what's the problem?

This is a simple example. Try quoting and responding to individual sections while keeping the post back-references accurate.
http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... ht=#715017

[Ancient of Years]

I followed a quote till I came to a moat
then stepped in a boat to insure I would float
I crossed the moat on a positive note
and came to a field that was full of wild oat
I knew the journey would be remote
but I was determined to stay devote
so I cleared my throat and screamed "Unquote!"
but all that did was frighten a goat
so I took off my coat and started to gloat
cause I knew what I wrote was the antidote

I vote to promote if I don't get smote

[AdHoc]

Yes I feel your pain. I have had people unintentionally mess up the quotes so that they made it look like I said their words and they mine.
It's a problem.

[Danmark]

Notice how many posts lately start off with a string of [quotes] that are never ended with matching [/quotes]? It makes it really hard to figure out who said what and near impossible to coherently quote.

Just sayin'

I wholeheartedly agree with this. Particularly with the latter point.
The difficulty is exacerbated when posts are parsed excessively. I've seen single paragraphs routinely parsed into seven separate one sentence quotes, each with a one line response. This is like interrupting every time one utters a single sentence.

I suggest choosing a single point [or two] to respond to and edit the quote accordingly while preserving the context.

If the reader wants to respond to more points, he can do so in a separate post.

[tam]

So I am to assume that there is no easy way to do this? You have to fill in the names of who made the quotes if there is a string of quotes. No shortcuts? Other posters seem to do it right, and mine are all done manually.


I'm sure it will get easier as I go along but I am finding it very time-consuming right now.


Thanks if anyone can see what I am doing wrong, if anything. (regarding quotes that is, lol)


Peace!

[Korah]

[Replying to post 8 by tam]
Try these two posts by owner Otseng in General Discussion, General Chat, at "Must Read List for Newbies"
http://debatingchristianity.com/forum/v ... .php?t=582

[tam]

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(I was just practicing, thanks for the link Korah)